Gary Marcus rips Sam Altman's UN security briefing: like Al Capone advising the FBI
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-22
Gary Marcus amplified a scathing critique of Sam Altman briefing the UN Security Council on AI safety, calling him someone who "doesn't appear to know much about the underlying tech" and leads a company "run like an Extortion Racket" that manufactures the perception of a security crisis — likening it to "Al Capone giving a security brief to the FBI."
The quoted author adds they no longer bother attending UN events outside the ITU's research-driven Global Initiatives, such as the long-running AI for Health program.
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